Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mack Roberts, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Mack Roberts registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 18 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Mack Roberts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mack Roberts
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jacob x Roberts"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsMack Roberts reported 11 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Roberts in Shelby County
- Henry Robertsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jabe Robertsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- James Robertsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Rofe Robertsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Wash Robertsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1843
Robertses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Roberts
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 5 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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